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DODECATHEON SHOOTING STAR Primulaceae (Primula family) |
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Shooting stars need a wet spring to stimulate growth. Once they've bloomed and set seed, they can endure summer drought, though of course they'll grow longer if their roots remain moist. |
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Photograph © Pat Woodward |
Dodecatheon dentatum Hooker.
Gold-dipped white rockets light up the shade of damp places ~ wet meadows,
streamsides, waterfalls ~ from May to July. The leaves are serrated and
thinner than those of other species. Here you see the plant in our garden.
Native to the east side of the Cascade Range, from SW British Columbia to
N Oregon and central Idaho. Our plants descend from seeds collected wild
in Washington state. Height 10-15 cm (4-6"). Zone 5. Pot 10 cm / 4". In Canada, C$4.00; elsewhere US$3.50. |
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Dodecatheon hendersonii
Pot 10 cm / 4". In Canada, C$4.00; elsewhere US$3.50. |
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Dodecatheon pulchellum
Our plants are from seeds collected wild at several sites in southwestern British Columbia: in a wetland on Vancouver Island and in spring-wet meadows and pockets on the nearby Gulf Islands. They do well for us here in both sun and part shade, in both gravel and rich loam, with both year-round water and summer drought. Pot 10 cm / 4". In Canada, C$4.00; elsewhere US$3.50. |
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